FWIW, here is the code to exactly match couchdb. UUID = -> '0' + (new Date().getTime() * 1e3).toString(16) + Math.floor(Math.random() * 1e18).toString(16)
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Rick Waldron <waldron.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Mark Hahn <m...@hahnca.com> wrote: > >> That isn't a hack. It is almost a copy of what couchdb offers. I use it >> all the time. >> > > One is an IETF (RFC) and the other isn't. > > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt > > >> >> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Ted Young <t...@radicaldesigns.org> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the feedback, glad to know I found the defacto solution. >>> Tim, that's funny, your hack is more or less what I started with, but I >>> became suspicious that it was too easy somehow. Maybe I'll switch back to >>> that if file-size/performance becomes an issue (which it won't). >>> >>> Ted >>> >>> On Aug 6, 2012, at 8:27 PM, Tim Caswell <t...@creationix.com> wrote: >>> >>> Depending on how strict your requirements are, I often just use: >>> >>> Date.now.toString(36) + "-" + (Math.random() * 0x10000000).toString(36) >>> >>> Date.now is unique every ms and Math.random has a keyspace of 2^32, so >>> collisions are statistically impossible in most practical >>> applications. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Rick Waldron <waldron.r...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Monday, August 6, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Martin Cooper wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Ted Young <t...@radicaldesigns.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hey y'all, >>> >>> So, I have a need for global unique id's. Googling about, I've found the >>> following implementations that seem decent: >>> >>> https://github.com/broofa/node-uuid >>> >>> >>> FWIW, this is the package that npm uses. >>> >>> +1 >>> >>> I've been using Robert Keiffer's impl in projects since before it was >>> even >>> on npm—I consider it a "go to" >>> >>> Rick >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Martin Cooper >>> >>> >>> https://gist.github.com/1308368 >>> >>> Not really sure why I would pick one over the other (besides file size), >>> or >>> if there are any js-specific issues I should be aware of. 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